Cincinnati Bengals Passing Yards per Game Leaders

Career totals with the Bengals and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through November 5: these records are rebuilt every night, so a mark set yesterday is here this morning. Includes the club's AFL seasons (1968-1969), which the NFL's record book counts.

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Joe Burrow holds the Bengals career record with 272.9 passing yards per game. The single-season record is 289.3, by Joe Burrow in 2024.

YDS TD RTG Y/A CMP% Y/G CMP ATT 1D TD% INT INT% SK

Rate records use the league's own minimums: a season needs 14 pass attempts per team game with the club, a career 1,500+ pass attempts with the club.

All-time Bengals leaders

Career totals with the club

#	Player	With the club	Y/G	G
1	Joe Burrow	2020–2026	272.9	84
2	Andy Dalton	2011–2019	237.5	133
3	Carson Palmer	2004–2010	234.0	97
4	Jon Kitna	2001–2005	206.2	52
5	Boomer Esiason	1984–1997	202.6	134
6	Jeff Blake	1994–1999	201.8	75
7	Ken Anderson	1971–1986	171.0	192

Single-season Bengals records

Best seasons in club history

#	Player	Season	Y/G	G
1	Joe Burrow	2024	289.3	17
2	Joe Burrow	2021	288.2	16
3	Joe Burrow	2022	279.7	16
4	Ken Anderson	1982	277.2	9
5	Boomer Esiason	1987	276.8	12
6	Joe Burrow	2020	268.8	10
7	Andy Dalton	2019	268.8	13
8	Andy Dalton	2013	268.3	16
9	Andy Dalton	2016	262.9	16
10	Carson Palmer	2007	258.1	16
11	Carson Palmer	2006	252.3	16
12	Andy Dalton	2015	250.0	13
13	Carson Palmer	2010	248.1	16
14	Boomer Esiason	1986	247.4	16
15	Jon Kitna	2002	244.5	13
16	Ken Anderson	1975	243.8	13
17	Carson Palmer	2005	239.8	16
18	Jeff Blake	1995	238.9	16
19	Ken Anderson	1981	234.6	16
20	Andy Dalton	2018	233.3	11
21	Joe Burrow	2023	230.9	10
22	Boomer Esiason	1985	229.5	15
23	Andy Dalton	2012	229.3	16
24	Jeff Blake	1996	226.5	16
25	Joe Burrow	2025	226.1	8